Alden Moves Out

With warm weather upon us, along with Alden's 12 weeks of existence, we decided to move him from the bassinet beside our bed into the crib in his own room. Of course since this is new and we worry, we all moved into his room for the first night. We grown ups slept in the guest bed and Alden got to spend his first night in the crib. Alden didn't seem that interested in sleep initially because there was so much new stuff to look at in his room and he gets really keyed-up in new environments (not fussy, but really engaged). All Alden wanted to do that night was examine everything. He eventually went to sleep and made it almost through the night, as is his normal sleep schedule these days. Down around 10 pm, up at 4:00 am, up again at 6:30 am, then utter randomness all day. Perhaps tonight we will leave him alone in his room. I think it will be strange not to have him sleeping beside us anymore, but we're right next door and can hear him if he cries.

Alden, giving us his best impersonation of an anime character, while we coax him to sleep. It's tough to say no to a mug like this.

Asleep at last
Another new development discovered in the crib (but not necessarily associated with it) is that Alden is beginning to grab at things! We gave him some tummy time with his child-sized boppy (in the crib) and he pawed at the plastic rings... kind of! As of a couple days ago Alden also discovered colors. Bright colorful things in the house have new appeal, and he's at the developmental stage where 'they' claim he's able to appreciate colors. I don't claim to understand how that works ... one day everything is some infant gray-scale, then the next, COLOR!
Unbelievable cuteness after his bath this morning.